Lindsay
@alphabetzel.bsky.social
Charlotte resident, UNC alum
Career in electric utilities, mostly finance
Bookworm with a specialty in distressing nonfiction
Career in electric utilities, mostly finance
Bookworm with a specialty in distressing nonfiction
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this weekend i visited a beloved local cafe/record store and they had a bathroom labeled "Gay Bathroom". when we complimented the sign the barista said sometimes shitty people ask if there's a different bathroom they can use, so they have a second one in the other room labeled "Super Gay Bathroom"
February 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this weekend i visited a beloved local cafe/record store and they had a bathroom labeled "Gay Bathroom". when we complimented the sign the barista said sometimes shitty people ask if there's a different bathroom they can use, so they have a second one in the other room labeled "Super Gay Bathroom"
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A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 AM
A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
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I think a lot about Parmy Olson's observation that AI companies actively push everyone to talk about existential risk, because it distracts from more prosaic current day concerns like copyright theft, conditions for data workers, energy & water use, and their financial situation
‘Humanity needs to wake up’ to dangers of AI, says Anthropic chief www.ft.com/content/c309...
‘Humanity needs to wake up’ to dangers of AI, says Anthropic chief
Dario Amodei posts 20,000-word essay detailing potentially catastrophic risks from powerful technology in years to come
www.ft.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:26 PM
I think a lot about Parmy Olson's observation that AI companies actively push everyone to talk about existential risk, because it distracts from more prosaic current day concerns like copyright theft, conditions for data workers, energy & water use, and their financial situation
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Russian History, 1796-1917
2. Elements of Politics with Dr. Goldberg (iykyk)
3. Conspiracy Theory seminar
4. Introductory Pathology
5. Business German
1. Russian History, 1796-1917
2. Elements of Politics with Dr. Goldberg (iykyk)
3. Conspiracy Theory seminar
4. Introductory Pathology
5. Business German
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
1. Origins of Nazism
2. Dante’s Divine Comedy
3. Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology
4. Principles of Evolution
5. Thinking and Speaking About Thinking and Speaking
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Russian History, 1796-1917
2. Elements of Politics with Dr. Goldberg (iykyk)
3. Conspiracy Theory seminar
4. Introductory Pathology
5. Business German
1. Russian History, 1796-1917
2. Elements of Politics with Dr. Goldberg (iykyk)
3. Conspiracy Theory seminar
4. Introductory Pathology
5. Business German
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Finally, the regime has no conception of exerting power beyond brutal force. That is why they’ll continue to escalate. It’s extremely dangerous. But this kind of violent spectacle is simply not an effective strategy of consolidating authoritarian rule against majority opinion in a massive country.
January 31, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Finally, the regime has no conception of exerting power beyond brutal force. That is why they’ll continue to escalate. It’s extremely dangerous. But this kind of violent spectacle is simply not an effective strategy of consolidating authoritarian rule against majority opinion in a massive country.
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Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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the existence of the biscuit and the triscuit tantalizingly implies the existence of the (forbidden?) quadscuit
January 30, 2026 at 6:40 AM
the existence of the biscuit and the triscuit tantalizingly implies the existence of the (forbidden?) quadscuit
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organized, unseen, unpaid labor acting rapidly and effectively? yeah that'd be women
January 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
organized, unseen, unpaid labor acting rapidly and effectively? yeah that'd be women
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Hearing Greg Bovino has been carried off by a hawk
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Hearing Greg Bovino has been carried off by a hawk
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Welp looks like it’s gonna be a doozy.
Ice Storm VLOG Friday 1/23/2026: Prepare now for a major Ice Storm. #cltwx #ncwx #scwx #wcnc #iceOMG #wxbrad #Charlotte
Ice Storm VLOG Friday 1/23/2026: Prepare now for a major Ice Storm.
YouTube video by Brad Panovich (wxbrad)
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Welp looks like it’s gonna be a doozy.
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New estimates put Africa’s solar at 63GW, shattering previous counts of 23GW. Driven by flood of off-the-radar imports, Africa went from zero to 63 GW in under a decade
Africa is now the fastest-growing region for solar globally. Slowly, then suddenly.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/a...
Africa is now the fastest-growing region for solar globally. Slowly, then suddenly.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/a...
January 22, 2026 at 5:58 PM
New estimates put Africa’s solar at 63GW, shattering previous counts of 23GW. Driven by flood of off-the-radar imports, Africa went from zero to 63 GW in under a decade
Africa is now the fastest-growing region for solar globally. Slowly, then suddenly.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/a...
Africa is now the fastest-growing region for solar globally. Slowly, then suddenly.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/a...
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The power outages and freezing conditions in Ukraine right now are insane. Greenland news and war “coverage fatigue” not giving it the presence in headlines it deserves. The humanitarian impact is absolutely staggering.
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
The power outages and freezing conditions in Ukraine right now are insane. Greenland news and war “coverage fatigue” not giving it the presence in headlines it deserves. The humanitarian impact is absolutely staggering.
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Top of the charts at my house today
January 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Top of the charts at my house today
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If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
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My message to Noem, Miller, Bovino: You’ve lost. Go home. You can’t move without us following you. You can’t get out of your cars without 100 times your number descending on you. You’re setting millions of dollars on fire only to kindle a hatred against you that will never die.
January 14, 2026 at 9:46 PM
My message to Noem, Miller, Bovino: You’ve lost. Go home. You can’t move without us following you. You can’t get out of your cars without 100 times your number descending on you. You’re setting millions of dollars on fire only to kindle a hatred against you that will never die.
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“He walked downstairs to pick up the food and was taken by ICE. They took him and they left my baby in the apartment, all alone."
www.nj.com/morris/2026/...
www.nj.com/morris/2026/...
6-year-old girl left alone after ICE grabs N.J. dad picking up dinner outside his door
The Morristown man, a Honduran native, doesn't have a criminal record.
www.nj.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
“He walked downstairs to pick up the food and was taken by ICE. They took him and they left my baby in the apartment, all alone."
www.nj.com/morris/2026/...
www.nj.com/morris/2026/...
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this is clearly retribution for @hannahnatanson.bsky.social’s coverage of illegally fired federal workers. serious escalation against 1a by this regime
January 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
this is clearly retribution for @hannahnatanson.bsky.social’s coverage of illegally fired federal workers. serious escalation against 1a by this regime
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Consulted with our entomologist at SUFS on what kind of invertebrate Thom Tillis is:
January 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Consulted with our entomologist at SUFS on what kind of invertebrate Thom Tillis is:
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If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+
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Guaranteed not to be reported in US media.
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Guaranteed not to be reported in US media.
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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Kari Lake has blocked Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty from using a USAGM transmitter in Kuwait to broadcast news and protest updates into Iran amid the Islamic Republic's government-induced internet blackout, reports Oliver Darcy in his Status newsletter.
January 13, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Kari Lake has blocked Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty from using a USAGM transmitter in Kuwait to broadcast news and protest updates into Iran amid the Islamic Republic's government-induced internet blackout, reports Oliver Darcy in his Status newsletter.